The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-06-09
correspondence of the journal.

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| Correspondence of the Journal
MEXICo. May, 1887. Since President Dia
has so far succeeded in his ambition to rema
ruler of Mexico for an indefinite period as lh,
Congress has decided in favor of altering tn
constitution to suit his endS the rest will b
smooth sailing for the great manipulation. Blu
whether Mexico ut large will acquie>cc quctI
IN the scheme. remains to be seen. Alrcad
the quid nuncs are prophcsyng Il ro,,sin
revolution before Nov Both, l>SS.-at whlc
time the present administration is legally a
an end; yet the result is 4 forcsonc conclll
sion, and there is little doubt that Dictate
Diaz will reign as long as he chooses as long
ury in his tenacious grip.
Let us look at the pcrs0MnH of the prescn
Cabinet. The six 'silcnt partners of th,
| Executive. who are supposed to lay their wis,
heads together and assist in the co,ln~tl> n
| well rs share the concnres of their chief
are known as the Secretary OF Tie Interior, tn,
Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of For
| eign Affairs, Secretary of War and Marine
Secretary of public Works, Colonization, In
dustry and Commerce. and the Minister o
Justice and Public Instruction.
| When Bonito .Juare; (wlio was the onl,
truly patriotic President Mexico has ever had
| the others having had their own interest,
mainly in view. entered the National Palace
in hi. train came Mala> Romero, Mexico
minister IN ashlh@lon; lSnario Mar'sca. th'
pfrscsl Minister OF forci@h Reiall"hs' Maii
m, Mra nnn.a"' lne rieseit H'"fflIry ''i o. lil'
licASHI! u'heIa, i@harlo McJia' i"r tiirteri
years minister ol war; "SioeS a h"ii'ncr Wh'
nave :I''re become iuiii,li'rGs ~ more or es'
| prominence III 'hc fene'tou i'&ii 81 l'EtI s"e
| A"ionS tnt l"'ef nay ~ l'Fh''o''t' y,
.,'. ,, ntoi VI i'i'"' ''S''' ',oNei""t VI .'.'
| ,;'''e ; vi ''Naf!' I''h ''eh' Mei,''' MeAEo
"'''''IH.' 'Scht III '-o'hii'l' VINO mas rec'hiiN
competed ah arrangement "i il'i hlGhl','af'
y. ~, i'N,ta; .A'>,cr'' 'h' r.n?iisn "e"'' IL
| !" t''e Mhi>'ei "' fore'Sh -\"'fS'
SENIOR MAEIScAL.
| that Americans are most directly interested
| This official /, held to b. one of ire profounl
| est statesmen Mexico has proIurtd. Will
lung ,lplunatir cNprrcnrr in Washington an,
at the Court Of st. James, besides Being al
| ant observer with a Keen penetration into tn,
secret moves OF DIPLOMACY, he is able 10 meet
| the Iiplomatic agents arrrcdiir, TO his roy
| erumcut on the fl,lIc>, cul,litv and TO unrayc
any kuotty question presented. Ills manage.
| mcru OF NeNiro'S rel iatious with the Irul;a
States during the border excitement a few
months a"n. and his commercial treaties will
France and Germany, are alI marks Of ability
| but his management of NEGOTIATIONS will
En.land for the renewal of ,IipIomatc rcIu
lions. which have resulted in lh, aIiu,tmrn,
| and conversion Of the English debt and til,
restoration OF Mcxiro's financial credit. after
| quarter of IL century of dScrc,lit and mor-in
| t,rcolr>c automatically with Great Britain. i,
| hi, masterpiece as IL ,Iiplomatist.
| sonar N,risr,l i h"hI, r,ln.,t,I ana az.
| trcm,ly we'll read. slrakinr English AM,
| French .> lucnt,y as hi, until, SuaniSh. II,
| is fond of u Iou ,,int as of n Good dinner. ana
| his manners show that degree of rolish whirl
only l'i"sG OF inc Il'h race are t;'pt''e oi '''-
| lmal, and frmaIr7' and thn,,th aIvays watch
| tuI rnr thn interests nf lii AVN rn,ntrv hi,
submarines arr stron~ With ,hr Jrniiru States
| lie frnnucntIv rrfnrs viii nrL. tn thr fac,
| tL,t th,. Hn,,ui,I;.. nf ,,urn JIiI,L,n w,s mo,j
inj fta. ,h,t nf W.. ,,;m.,,nr .,,,J i. . st,,n,.l
| ,Iynr,t. rnr ,I,n IrvrIn,,mrnt III commerce,
| nuL Sistnr h.I;n,, L,t,ynn, thn iva
| III. r,,n;ni. ~, nr , ,,r.,t,. ,mnJ,,, r.,,t.J
| of president n,z When srrr,tarv Ey,rt.
nrlrrI ,h, imrrir,m iruo,,s tn follow III,
r,,;n,. In,Iin,s ,crn.s ti,. hni,u,I,rv iu,n Mry
| .nn tsrr;,'rv w;Ih,ut r.,,,ri !, Mrx;r,,
IT," trnnnr a,J ;thnu, .,,.rrmcnt VIII
tir Vrv;,n .snv"rnmrnt w. nnnuIar frrliu"
| I'm, Lnn,,,, !, ,,,,,,,l, nx,Sn.r,iaj th,t ni.,
and hi. Minister. ,n,,I viii ,liuirmIty krr,
tI. ' miii.,rv .lnm.r, ,,,;.t mill m,tt"r: ,nul
| h,. ,Iinnn,nti,.,IIy arrar,r.I D,cuSsiuo th,
| nuo.t;n,, "n,' ~, viii, .,n American ni,,
~ I'M ..WhiI, - ,.,'t ,.'... .mL c'.nm.r,,
w'i,i tho ,itn r."nII; .,,I ',, t,.,, ,n ,,n.
| fs tI,+ frnn, j., military ,,,;nt ,r ,.v .hn i,
~. mu'.l I,rnm,,.r th,n W., y. tifir miI,inn. ,r,
st,nm,,.. ,hnn ,'n m;I,;nn. si;li If L,tv all,
| ,n. ! ,,,;u ,mmn,,I. ,n,t ~. If ~ th hn,i ~,
nav, .n,,mtr .'I fi tho L;,lIots fr,n, thn ntho,
| Ill. nf IN, J;n' 'tr,u, Thn ch,nrns ,r,. th,i
" - 'n, .t.;La"n H., viii
| il w"ulI ~, , .lnrinus th;nr IN III. ,l,r.nJ;n,
nv c",,ntrv ,.[.,1n.t m im,,l,.r vet !, wnrl
~. .,,, =" ,o"7"r",i,t. H.. t"n f',r.,n,,, rr
nu,,in. nf Am.r;'., .lnunhtcr;m,1 o.,., mtl,.r.
pun" " -,'' ~ q NV - - :
| SENIOR MANUEL. nuBIAu.
| S,crn,,r, of tho ,r,e.s,,r, iS ,nntI,.r subst,n
ti,l ,,,l,.r If Wryiran nti,irs personaIIv' h,
| j. , m.n of nn,tlv Ln,rin,r ,nl nnlishrI ,n,u
| n.,. f fu iw.nri h,,t - 7,,> +,;,,I.ar IL,
| nm .,c.,,mnl;.h.J I,wv.r nnI hfnrn ,,tnrn
| thc C,,,iurt L,I hrru n,,nv yn,r< in tnuurr,,
| I,ttnrIy in III. sau.,n r,.,,,n.nntin,, Ill n,.
| five Stnic. Sayara. If may IL. mentioned. ro
| oGssuuf tLat there i. no iittIc LisSntisf,ctio,
thrn,,"h Nnxi.n h..,,,.r sav,,., nDi,z, n,tiy,
| St.tnI h,. Lnnn ,,JlnL ,nn,, to IN uo MON,
hi"h nl,rrs mn,rr Tho nrrsrmt ,,lministraton
! Will. most nf thc St,trs h,vc M rrnrcsnut.
| Nnn ,t MI .ycont in tJ,n l,wnr ho,,sn If Inm,
'rrn.s whernNthm,,,h nnn nnnutv ;s ,IIownI
| - oyo,,. tn noo nnn,7ln- 'nr.r,LnJv Ln,x. ia,
thn hn,jv J.. J;rcr,Jv rnu,rnlli l,y In prns;lrnt
| Whnn Can ni,y r..,,;,,.j ihn pr..;l,.nn,
frnm 1;nnr,lrz. on Dec Isl tsSl fine trrnsi,r,
| was ,h,nlutrly cmuty. and r,t ,n0uI CHARGED
that The Gonralrz nImnist r,tjon h,d been thf
| ,ost xtr,,.,n,rtly r,,iu,us I'M Nox;.o I,I
| n,'.r Inar"n A. .,,, r.t Cnmr.I.,y nntnr..g
| thn o,ii"n ', ,,or ,,ant h,,;nt Ln.n mn nhs,.ur,
| snl,,;nr nf rnrtunn un,ii lie ",vm Wink an,
| n;,z, f,ynr hrom~ht Inn IA IL. fnre er,nI jur-
inr hi. fn,r vr,rs nf ...,nl,lcn onuo,t,mitv'' h,
is Known tn have cu,,irh,I lm.rIf TO th,
enormous amount of $lj,UOO,OOO. Not ever
ms wafmcst par!Is;'ils--tld there are Il lrW u
MeNico-tare dispute TINS statement. ne L.
one OF the most uetefllined OF the seNcr;ti can
| ui'alcS now III liie ici" iof rc-ecriio'. '''r'h@
MS previous tctli I. Is >ali tilal niaI kcP mn
well under control ny !" secret bargain the,
| had made whereby one should hcip me oihtl
| to occupy thc once alternately hll@h
| nave been done, 50 lar as law iS concerned. IL
the constitution then stood. since DIaz has
broken the iaith ana wants all tnc loaNes ah'
fishes Tor himself, IL Is :,lithoritNc!y STATED
that GonralcZ, who Is now DiaZ bitter enemy
VII! raise an opposing army II ne (l'laZ) at
tempfS the second successive term business.
How II happened that certain pfoihiheh
men OF the eionralcZ administration became
SO wonderfully wealthy in four years time
may be Indicated by citing only one OF many
well known operations. War widows and ole
| pensioners, VINO were entitled by act OF Con
| grcsS 10 draw monthly stipend IRON tht
treasury, were blan'lly informed that there
was ''no money!" but AS IL disconsoaic widow
perhaps with little ones hungry at home, turn
ed tcarfuly from the palace, she was met bN
Il broker who ilippanty offered her ten rcI
cent. for her claim or pension. In almost ever,
case her urgent necessities compelled her Il
sell Il hundred dollars for ten;-but within
half an hour, before the widow could begin L
| feed her famiShe,l brood with the food obtain